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Paul Greyson6cb8ca02014-11-12 18:09:02 -08001see: http://bost.ocks.org/mike/map/
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3brew install gdal
4npm install -g topojson
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6To generate continental US map:
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8$ wget 'http://www.naturalearthdata.com/http//www.naturalearthdata.com/download/50m/cultural/ne_50m_admin_1_states_provinces_lakes.zip'
9$ unzip ne_50m_admin_1_states_provinces_lakes.zip
10$ ogr2ogr -f GeoJSON -where "sr_adm0_a3 IN ('USA')" states.json ne_50m_admin_1_states_provinces_lakes.shp
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12edit states.json to remove data for Hawaii and Alaska
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14$ topojson states.json > topology.json
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